The Republican dickheads who control state legislatures throughout the region say such laws are needed to prevent voter fraud. But such fraud is extremely rare, and Democrats are concerned that the proposed changes will make it harder for many poor voters and members of minorities — who tend to vote Democratic — to cast their ballots in states that once discriminated against black voters with poll taxes and literacy tests.

Within hours, Texas dickheads said that they would begin enforcing a strict photo identification requirement for voters, which had been blocked by a federal court on the ground that it would disproportionately affect black and Hispanic voters. In Mississippi and Alabama, which had passed their own voter identification laws but had not received federal approval for them, state officials said that they were moving to begin enforcing the laws.

Personally I'm not fond of a mandate requiring you to have your "papers." Especially with the ever increasing police state we have.

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Because they are deliberately designed to discriminate against black, democratic voters.

Not just black voters, but Democrat black voters. Are they like vampires who are unable to have their picture captured?_________________lolgov. 'cause where we're going, you don't have civil liberties.

You are prime example of whats wrong with the process. When people complain about bad roll of the dice being born in balkans and having to go through the war, I take you as an example that the grass is not always greener on the other side.

I think it's safe to say no-one was expecting a balkans war angle on the US voting rights act.

You are prime example of whats wrong with the process. When people complain about bad roll of the dice being born in balkans and having to go through the war, I take you as an example that the grass is not always greener on the other side.

I think it's safe to say no-one was expecting a balkans war angle on the US voting rights act.

Thanks. _________________“If You Meet the Buddha on the Road, Kill Him”

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Requiring people to show proof of identity doesn't discriminate against anybody except those who are ineligible to vote (convicted felons, illegal immigrants, those attempting to vote more than once, etc.).

The reason attempts to establish such controls always produce arm-flailing and populist pandering from Democrats is because they have been relying for decades upon these illegal tactics to boost them in the polls, and quite simply, they want to be able to continue doing so.

I don't see how anybody can argue that requiring ID is discriminatory. If people don't have ID, get them ID; that's a lot easier than what you're doing now (illegally registering tens of thousands of voters, paying people to vote and bringing them to the polls on buses, mounting major propaganda campaigns alleging "voter suppression" to distract from your own tactics of voter fraud, etc.).

Get them motherfucking ID. It's easy and it's cheap. They excuse that it's too hard or that you don't have time can't be used over and over again every four years forever. Then, when you've done it, shut the fuck up.

"Evidence is irrelevant!" That's the tag-line for OTW right there. Never mind that the voter fraud used to justify these measures doesn't exist, it's enough just to say it does.

No, you're creating a strawman. The amount of voter fraud going on is irrelevant. Voters should be required to prove their identity, plain and simple. What other official, legal actions can people take without proving their identity? None.

A hundred years ago when few people carried or needed ID, or even fifty years ago, the view that such a requirement was suppressive had at least some legitimacy. Today, it has none.

If the Democratic Party actually thinks this keeps some people from voting, then get those people ID. Everybody needs ID anyway. You can't work, apply for or collect government benefits, go to school, drive, borrow money, procure services, conduct electronic business, etc., etc., without it. It's bullshit.

The stated aim of the new laws is to combat fraud but, in fact, voter fraud is very rare. While the voting rights act was in effect, time and time again attempts to change the law were rejected by the courts on the grounds of discrimination against minorities.

I don't care what arguments others have used. Voter fraud shouldn't even be possible through obvious and easily avoidable means.

Furthermore, because we don't have this simple requirement, we have no idea how much actual voter fraud is occurring. We only know how much is being caught by some other means.

Some is occurring, and it can be easily avoided. The possible exclusion that might result can also be easily avoided, and would probably be beneficial to these people currently lacking ID anyway.

There is no rational reason not to do it.

The only logical explanation for why Democrats would be so emphatic in their opposition to this is that they know they are in fact currently getting away with shitloads of undetectable voter fraud.

We use ID for everything else of any importance (including welfare, food stamps, etc.), but nobody is whining about people from being "excluded" from any of that. Claiming that voting is somehow magically different is a bunch of horse shit.

I don't care what you asked. It's irrelevant. Voter fraud shouldn't even be possible through obvious and easily avoidable means. We use ID for everything else of any importance (including welfare, food stamps, etc.), but nobody is whining about people from being "excluded" from any of that. Claiming that voting is somehow magically different is bullshit.

I'm shocked. I really am. It's not like you to keep repeating the same bullshit in post after post without providing any evidence.

The issue is not (non-existent) voter fraud. The issue is that the voter rights act has been successfully used time and time again to protect sections of the electorate from weaselly little shits in the republican party perpetually seeking clever ways to reduce the number of "scum" allowed to vote.